County Executive Kreuser’s 2014 State of the County speech

County Executive Jim Krueser delivered his 2014 State of the County speech Tuesday at the Kenosha County Board meeting.

According to a copy of the text supplied by Kreuser’s office, the speech focused mostly on the economic development that is occurring along I-94 and the positive effect that has had on local economic indicators. The text says:

With our economic development partners, the Kenosha Area Business Alliance, approximately 3,000 jobs, over $500 million of Capital Investment, and roughly 4 million square feet of new development or absorption has occurred in the past 18 months. That was in the past 18 months.

There was not a lot of Western Kenosha County specific news included. Free public WiFi for some county parks was mentioned.

In conclusion, the text of Kreuser’s speech says:

The future of Kenosha County looks bright, the state of our county is strong, the state of our fund balance is solid, te state of our economic development is robust.